George Spooner was born in 1896 and was baptized 11 February 1898 in Bintree, Norfolk.  George was the son of Edward J. and Sarah Ann (Pilch) Spooner of Long Yard, Bintree. He was the brother of Edward Spooner, Anna Elizabeth (Spooner) Carman, Robert J. Spooner, Susanna (Spooner) Turrell, James F. Spooner, William Spooner, Emma M. (Spooner) Woska, Dora (Spooner) Day, Elsie M. (Spooner) Butters, May Spooner, Nellie E. (Spooner) Butters, and Alice M. D. (Spooner) Amiss.  George Spooner served as a Private in the 1st/5th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment.  

George was presumed dead on 12 August 1915 in Turkey at the age of 20, one of the so-called “Vanishing Norfolks”. He is commemorated on panel 44A of the Cape Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey.

Cyndie Carman